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The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China

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The genus Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) is distributed throughout the globe, attacking caterpillars from multiple families within the Lepidoptera.

Description

Two species of Aerophilus were recorded from China prior to this study.Four Chinese species of Aerophilus Szépligeti, 1902 are recognised. Two new species, A. brevicaudis sp. nov. and A. convexus sp. nov., are described and illustrated.

A species, A. rufipes (Nees, 1812), is recorded from China for the first time. A new synonym is proposed, A. ebulus (Nixon, 1950) with A. romani (Shestakov, 1940). A key to Chinese species of the genus Aerophilus is provided.

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